Its Harlequins' turn to help organise a day of
Croeso 2012 - I am on car parking so up at 04:00 for 100mile+ drive over the Welsh mountains.
The fastest route is over the "mountain road" to Cwm Ystwyth/
Cwmystwyth
The former is the upper valley of the river Ystwyth and the second a village in that valley - and this is where the problem lies...
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| 05:20 and it is going to be a lovely day - that is Birmingham's Water Supply - so no stopping for a wee here. |
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| Yes indeed a lovely day |
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| Having enjoyed driving the twisty steep bits the road now descends, following the infant river Ystwyth |
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| Then out of the mist come three 40 tonne articulated lorries. I know these boys are good but I know this road and I find it amazing they have got this far. |
After reversing a kilometre to a suitable passing place - I engage the drivers in conversation - they have come all the way from Gdansk and show me their delivery instructions "Cwmystwyth Farm, Cwm Ystwyth, Wales" (only explanation I can think of is wind turbines). Bit of a problem because there are no turning places for 15km back in the direction in which I have come, I am not even sure that the road will be passable for these vehicles - but then reversing to the last farm (~5km) is also going to be a challenge. Oh - and no mobile phone signal here either...
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| Save us from Satnav! |
*Wikipedia: "There is a common
cliché
that you
“wait all day, and then three come along at once”, in relation
to a phenomenon where evenly timetabled public transport bus services
can develop a gap in service followed by buses turning up almost
simultaneously. This occurs when the rush hour begins and numbers of
passengers at a stop increases, increasing the loading time, and thus
delay in the timetable. The following bus then catches up with that bus
because it begins to be delayed less at stops due to fewer passengers
waiting."
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